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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (CERTIFICATION OF PLANT USERS AND OPERATORS) REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 48) - NOTES
- made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989
DICTIONARY (See
reg 3)
"assessor" means a person appointed under
regulation 19
(Assessors).
"backhoe"—for schedule 1 (scheduled work), see
pt 1.
"boiler"—for schedule 1 (scheduled work), see pt
1.
"boom-type elevating work platform"—see sch 1 (scheduled
work), pt 1.
"bridge crane"—for schedule 1 (scheduled
work), see pt 1.
"certificate of competency" means a certificate
of competency issued under regulation 12 (Issue of certificates of
competency).
"corresponding law" means a law mentioned in
Schedule 2.
"crane" means plant designed to raise or lower a load
or move it horizontally, but does not include—
(a) an industrial lift-truck, earthmoving machinery or tractor;
or
(b) a front-end loader, backhoe, excavator or similar plant designed
for use as a crane; or
(c) a non-slewing mobile crane used only for towing motor vehicles;
or
(d) an amusement structure, industrial robot or
lift.
"derrick crane"—for schedule 1 (scheduled work),
see pt 1.
"direct-fired process heater"—for schedule 1
(scheduled work), see pt 1.
"dogging" means—
(a) the use of slinging techniques to move a load, including the
selection and inspection of lifting gear; and
(b) the directing of a crane or hoist operator in the movement of a
load.
"dragline"—for schedule 1 (scheduled work), see
pt 1.
"endorsement" means—
(a) for a certificate of competency—an endorsement authorising the
holder of the certificate to do a stated kind of scheduled work; and
(b) for a certificate of accreditation—an endorsement authorising
the holder to do a stated kind of
assessment.
"excavator"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"exemption" means an exemption under regulation
32.
"forklift truck"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"front-end loader"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"front-end loader of the skid-steer type"—for schedule 1
(scheduled work), see pt 1.
"gantry crane"—for schedule 1
(scheduled work), see pt 1.
"guidelines"—see reg 10
(Guidelines).
"hoist"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"loadshifting machine"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"materials hoist"—for schedule 1 (scheduled work), see
pt 1.
"mobile crane"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"mobile scaffold" means an freestanding scaffold, mounted on
castors, constructed with snap on hooks, clips or clamps.
non-slewing
mobile crane—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt 1.
notice of
satisfactory assessment means a notice of satisfactory assessment under
regulation 7 (Issue of notice of satisfactory
assessment).
"order-picking forklift truck"—for schedule 1
(scheduled work), see pt 1.
"outriggers" means extendable
members attached to a crane or hoist which rest on supports at the outer ends to
increase stability.
"personnel and materials hoist"—for
schedule 1 (scheduled work), see pt 1.
portal boom
crane—for schedule 1 (scheduled work), see pt
1.
"reciprocating steam engine"—for schedule 1 (scheduled
work), see pt 1.
"record of training" means a record kept
under regulation 18 (Trainees' obligations).
"rigging"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"scaffold"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"scaffolding"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"scheduled work" means work of the kind mentioned in schedule
1.
"stabilisers"—see sch 1 (scheduled work), pt
1.
"supervisor"—see reg 16 (Definitions for div
2.3).
"the Act" means the Occupational Health and Safety Act
1989".
"tower crane—for schedule 1 (scheduled work),
see pt 1.
"trainee" means an person who does not hold a
certificate of competency who is undertaking training towards obtaining a
certificate of competency to do scheduled
work.
"turbine"—for schedule 1 (scheduled work), see pt
1.
"vehicle loading crane"—for schedule 1 (scheduled work),
see pt 1.
Endnotes
Notification
1 Notified in Gazette 2000 No 48 on 30 November 2000.
Penalty units
2 Section 33AA of the Interpretation Act 1967 (as applied by section
9 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989) deals with the meaning of offence
penalties that are expressed in penalty units.
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2003